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rubai

rubai

See also: ruba'i

English

Alternative forms

Noun

rubai (plural rubaiyat or rubais)

  1. quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry

Italian

Verb

rubai

  1. first-person singular past historic of rubare

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈr͈uvi/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Verb

·rubai

  1. third-person singular consuetudinal present indicative ro-form, prototonic of at·tá
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

·rubai

  1. third-person singular perfect prototonic of benaid
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive prototonic ro-form of benaid
Related terms
  • ro·bí (deuterotonic of the third-person singular perfect)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·rubai
also ·rrubai
·rubai
pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/
·rubai
also ·rrubai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʿiyy), from أَرْبَعَة (ʾarbaʿa)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾʋbɑːˈiː]
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ba‧i

Noun

rubai (definite accusative rubaiyi, plural rubailer)

  1. rubai; quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry

Declension